A-Rod became a baseball pariah after attacking MLB, the MLB player's union and his employer the New York Yankees in an attempt to overturn his 211-game ban for his involvement in baseball's Biogenesis scandal. An arbitrator reduced the ban to 162 games, costing A-Rod the entire 2014 season. Despite the ban, A-Rod will still pocket $5.9 million from the Yankees in 2014. He received $3 million in January

as the last installment of the $10 million signing bonus from his latest Yankees deal. His suspension calls for him to miss 162 games, but players are paid over 182 days, so A-Rod will still pocket 11.5% of his $25 million salary or $2.9 million (our salary figure covers his earnings between June 2013 and June 2014). Rodriguez signed the two biggest contracts in baseball history, $252 million with the Texas Rangers in 2000 and $275 million with the New York Yankees in 2007. The Yankee deal includes $30 million in additional compensation if he reaches certain home run targets. A-Rod is owed $61 million from the Yankees after the 2014 season before the milestone payments.

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